At one point, I felt a kind of blinding calm In a backpacking hostel during a stag weekend 10 years ago, I fell asleep on a top bunk next to an open window. Of course, that now strikes me as a stupid thing to have done, but at the time I didn’t give it a…
Detailswhich extraction methods are superior and why? The health and medical implications of the rapidly growing CBD market are astonishing. As the industry continues to grow, it’s important to understand one of the most important processes in the CBD industry: extraction. With so many methods of extraction of many different compounds and endless supply of…
DetailsLynn Cameron, 48, was given just “six to 18 months” to live in December 2013. A Blantyre woman who was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer almost four years ago has credited cannabis oil for her survival. Following sessions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she opted to try cannabis oil in a desperate bid to save her…
DetailsDoctor warns taking cannabis while being treated for cancer could be dangerous by Ian Johnston Nearly a quarter of cancer patients had used cannabis in the past year to help cope with symptoms including physical pain, nausea and depression, according to a new study in the US. Researchers surveyed 926 patients at the Seattle Cancer…
Details25th-26th October CANNATECH IS COMING TO LONDON! In October the UK will host what is believed to be its first medical cannabis conference, an international jamboree of weed-based therapies in London. It may seem like an eccentric choice, given cannabis is illegal in Britain. But Saul Kaye, the Israeli entrepreneur behind the event, is confident…
DetailsSmoking sessions would take place between classes indoors at Victoria School of the Arts Denise Chriss is asking the Edmonton public school board to allow her 15-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana between classes inside Victoria School of the Arts. Chriss says she has good reasons for the unusual request. Her daughter, Autum Bibaud-Keech, a Grade 10 student, uses the drug…
DetailsOne of the most well-known purported uses for medical marijuana is to alleviate symptoms related to cancer treatment, and a new study finds that use of the drug among cancer patients is not uncommon. In the study, which included more than 900 cancer patients in Seattle, nearly one-quarter reported using medical marijuana in the past year. In…
DetailsLike many people around the globe whose life has been eased due to cannabis, Jessica owes many of her daily pleasures to this plant. Small things that many of us take for granted, she can now enjoy. Even if not for the physiological benefits, her cannabis medication is worth it for the peace of mind it brings. “Putting my Trust in Cannabis was scary at first.
DetailsIt began with being diagnosed with breast cancer, then thyroid cancer, and it progressed to brain metastases. I had a total of 22 operations. In my second to last surgery I had two pieces of large brain tumours removed by emergency surgery which took about 9 hours.
DetailsYou’ve probably heard this before.
As early as 2008, several reports, including one published in Molecular Pharmaceutics, began proposing various therapeutic pathways by which cannabinoids could treat Alzheimer’s Disease patients, but none were proven.
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